Oratory resources...

As shared in other places on this site, the face of monastic communities has changed over the centuries. However, in our time, many people seeking a contemplative path are people who long for a life that follows the message of Jesus as 'Monastics of the Heart.' Coming from diverse backgrounds and states of life, they each share the common desire to seek a life of blessing and an bring life-giving non-violent progress within our world.

Patmos Abbey is a "monastery without walls”. It unites individuals by monastic values, not necessarily by residing in a common house. This "monastery without walls" model provides individual seekers a network for spiritual sustenance and personal growth. It provides both creativity and stability by enabling people to experience and develop a contemplative life in community with others.

An integral part of this way of living is centred on the living a pattern of mindfulness, study, rest, work and play! The pages given here are an aid to help with the initial and perhaps most central part of this pattern - a life of prayer...

Patmos Abbey online Oratory draws from ancient sources of the spiritual traditions and offers silence, song, conversation, and other forms of mindulnessand reflection in a space of quiet hospitality. ..

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